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Nigerians didn’t have the opportunity to buy a good-quality, brand-new vehicle at an affordable price
allows me to make better decisions. I also have a better ability to analyse business problems and solve them. The network in Lagos Business School is great, I have classmates doing excellently in their careers and this helps when doing business among ourselves. How were you able to get the most out of your MBA experience?
Winning the award has made the staff at Nord happier, and I let them know that their dedication and hard work is a big factor in winning. It’s also why our customers love our vehicles and after-sales service. The award has certainly opened some doors here for me and Nord in Nigeria. I believe after the world goes back to normal and we are able to resume travelling and normal business activities, I will be able to see the impact of the award more. What would your advice be to next year’s finalists of the MBA Entrepreneur of the Year award? It is a prestigious award and getting nominated means you are doing really well in your country and your business.
and that helped a lot. I also participated in extracurricular activities like football, Friday night outs and so many more. I was the Director of Socials, and this gave me the opportunity to be very involved with many activities and to build friendships with my classmates that will certainly last a lifetime. What did winning the MBA Entrepreneur of the Year award mean to you? Has it impacted your business? Winning the MBA Entrepreneur of the Year means a lot to me – it was a keenly contested category, with some high-flying and impactful entrepreneurs, and I am so glad to have won such a competitive award.
I am usually very busy, so I did the ‘Modular Executive MBA’ at Lagos
Business School which consists of one intensive week every two months for two years, [which translates to] six weeks [of study] a year. During the intensive weeks, I temporarily switched from business to academics and focused on my studies,
Oluwatobi Ajayi Oluwatobi Ajayi is the Founder and CEO of Nord Automobiles – one of the first Nigerian automobile brands. Ajayi began his career at Mercedes-Benz Nigeria and started his entrepreneurial journey when he co-founded Jetvan, an authorised dealer of Mercedes-Benz at the age of 26 in 2015. In 2018, he was listed by Forbes as one of the most promising young entrepreneurs in Africa. Ajayi is an alumni of Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University.
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